Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
LOPEZ v. STATE OF TEXAS, 1080-02
Where defendant offered to sell cocaine in the morning, and possessed that cocaine with intent to deliver it to complete that same sale in the evening, it was a violation of double jeopardy prohibitions to punish defendant for both delivery (by the offer to sell) and possession with intent to deliver.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/11/2003
- Published 06/11/2003
Judges
Court
- Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- J.R. Molina, Fort Worth, for appellant., Sharon A. Johnson, Assist. DA, Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.